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Old SS amps

What are people's experiences with old SS amps. And I'm talking old like close to 20 years. I guess this can be called vintage(though to me it's yesterday.)

 

Either you bought it new and have had it that long or you bought it used.

Is buying it used a really bad idea even though it was owned by one person with no service issues? Like an old Pass.

I hear something about capacitators needing to be replaced. Should it be avoided like the plague? Am very interested in one but don't want to be stuck with a cat in a sack.

Thanks for any thoughts.

roxy1927

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glenmschneider
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Still using my sunfire amp from late 90s in my second system. Sounds pretty darn good but not quite up to my Triode Lab PSet 45 monoblocks in my primary system. I’ve swapped them several times not and keep going back to the TL. There’s also a 10x cost difference so I probably shouldn’t be that surprised.

 

 

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